Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of the capital projects announced in each of the three rounds of the school rebuilding programme.

The School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) was announced in 2020 and will rebuild or significantly refurbish buildings at 500 schools over the next decade. So far, the Department has confirmed 161 projects for the programme across three rounds, with each round supported by approximately £1 billion in capital funding.

Forecasted costs and scope for SRP projects are known once a feasibility study has been completed and following the awarding of contracts. The Department publishes details of all contracts awarded over £10,000, including for SRP, to the ‘contracts finder’ section of GOV.UK. This service is available at: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.